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“If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don`t appreciate the moment until it’s passed.”
Kanye West

Make it a R-E-A-L Holiday Season

by Michael Angier

As I write these lines, the calendar tells me there are just a few days left in this year. Can that be true?

It’s time again to reflect on the challenges and successes of this year and think ahead to next year.

We’ve all heard the saying, “Time flies when you’re having fun”. As we get older, we realize that time flies whether we’re having fun or not.

The holiday season is important to me. Even though it’s a hectic time of year, it’s also a time for family, for friends-and for reflection.

Consider making it a R-E-A-L Holiday Season:

R-eview
E-xamine
A-ppreciate
L-earn

Review
It’s important that you give yourself and your family not only a gift, but the gift of presence-YOUR presence. Take time with your family and take time with yourself. Review what you’ve done. Go through your calendar. Make a list of happenings.

I keep an ongoing “chronofile” with a list of events, goals, challenges, current events, notations, etc. This makes it easy for me to review this trip around the sun.

Examine
Think about what these happenings have meant to you. How did they affect the other events? How did you feel? What worked and what didn’t?

Appreciate
The Bible says, “Give thanks in all things”. It DOESN’T say FOR all things, but rather IN all things. For those things that you wished hadn’t been so, you can still give thanks for the experience and the learning.

You may not see the value of everything that’s happened in your life right now, but they most likely happened for a reason. Even though those reasons may be obscure at this moment, give thanks anyway.

Life is lived forward but only understood backwards. Most of the funny stories we tell about ourselves were once painful. If we’re going to laugh about it later, we might as well laugh about it now.

Learn
What can we learn from this year? What will we want to repeat or expand upon? What will we let go of and resolve to never do again? Remember that good judgment comes from experience. And how do you gain experience? Yup–bad judgment.

The tragedy is not in making mistakes, but rather in repeating them. Burn your learnings deep into your consciousness. Your life will become richer with each passing year.

I urge you to invest in this process and reap the rewards.

Copyright Michael Angier & Success Networks International. Used with Permission. Michael Angier is the founder and president of SuccessNet.org.

Coaching Call to Action

First and foremost, enjoy this blessed holiday season with family, friends, and loved ones.  Secondly, assess 2009 as Michael prompts you to do. Thirdly, plan for 2010 using the information below.

I’d love to hear from you about what you discover as you take time to reflect and plan. Please take a minute to comment on my blog.

Ideas and Information

Accomplishments and Goals

t’s time to get started on your master plan for 2010. Give yourself some quiet time, put on some relaxing music . . . and begin. First acknowledge all that you have accomplished in 2009. (See Michael’s suggestions in the above article). Next, write down your goals for 2010. Open your mind to ALL the possibilities. Start each goal with “I am” or I will”. Don’t even THINK about restricting yourself. This process may take two hours. It may take two weeks. Remember, you’re building what you want in your life. To help you with this process, here are some key questions to ask yourself:

What do I want to do?
What do I want to have?
Where do I want to go?
What contribution do I want to make?
What do I want to learn?
Who do I want to meet and spend my time with?
How much do I want to earn, save and invest?
What will I do for fun and optimum health?

To receive a form to capture your accomplishments for 2009 and your goals for 2010, send Andrea an e-mail at andrea@coachandrea.com with “Accomplishments and Goals” in the subject line.

Other articles you might be interested in:

1. Holiday Poem
2. Top Ten End-of-the-Year Questions
3. Getting the Right Goals
4. Holding Ourselves Accountable
5. Proven Strategies from Market You Must

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